A wonderful new marriage equality campaign has been launched in Australia: A pregnant woman who is “having a lesbian” stars in a provocative new billboard to promote gay marriage. Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays spokeswoman Shelley Argent said the campaign was designed to garner support from mainstream families for gay marriage, on the grounds that gay children were …
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Stephen Fry Reveals Suicide Attempt
“I am the victim of my own moods, more than most people are perhaps, in as much as I have a condition which requires me to take medication so that I don’t get either too hyper or too depressed to the point of suicide. I’d go as far as to tell you I attempted it last year. I took a …
Read More »US Embassy Celebrates Tel Aviv Pride
From the US Embassy Tel Aviv channel on YouTube: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro marched in Tel Aviv’s gay pride parade. Speaking to a crowd of thousands of marchers, he acknowledged the achievements of the Israeli LGBT community for gaining equal rights and emphasized the work of the U.S. government to raise awareness of LGBT rights around the world. …
Read More »Feds Confirm Secret Data Collection
Last night the Obama administration confirmed that it has been using Facebook, Google, and Apple to secretly collect data on foreigners overseas. The story was first broken by openly gay journalist Glenn Greenwald in articles published by the Guardian and the Washington Post. Today the New York Times reports on the acknowledgement by the feds: The confirmation of the classified …
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Al-Jazeera Reports On Clement Meric
FRANCE: Vigils And Rallies Held For Murdered Pro-Gay Activist Clement Meric
Memorial vigils and rallies were held across France last night for murdered 19 year-old pro-gay activist Clement Vigil, who died yesterday after being attacked by neo-Nazis outside a Paris clothing shop. Many have blamed France’s anti-gay marriage movement for spurring the attack, an allegation hotly denied by former Manif Pour Tous leader Fridige Barjot, who has vowed to sue a …
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Tony Perkins Cheers Amendment To Allow Harassment Of Gay Service Members
“Fortunately, Congress is as frustrated with the hypocrisy as the rest of us. Yesterday, thanks a marathon mark-up on the Defense Authorization bill, sleepy members didn’t make it home until 2 a.m.– in part because they were so intent on passing a series of religious protections. Rep. John Fleming (R-La.), the author of one such amendment, urged his colleagues to …
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